École nationale de médecine et pharmacie is a degree-granting university in

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, specializing in medicine and pharmacy studies.

History

French West Africa School of Medicine

The French West Africa School of Medicine ''(École de médecine de l'Afrique Occidentale Française)'' was established on 1 November 1918, pursuant to a government decree of 14 January 1918, to train medical workers and midwives to assist colonial physicians and pharmacists. It was inaugurated and headed by Aristide Le Dantec, director of a hospital founded in 1913 to treat the indigenous population of

French West Africa French West Africa (french: Afrique-Occidentale française, ) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burki ...

.Maïmouna Gueye
"Centre hospitalier national Aristide Le Dantec: l'hôpital indigène toujours au service des populations démunies"
''Le Soleil (Dakar)'', 12 December 2007. Almost all teachers belonged to the ''Corps de santé colonial''. Students were selected through competition at

École normale supérieure William Ponty École William Ponty was a government teachers' college in French West Africa, in what is now Senegal. The school is now in Kolda, Senegal, where it is currently known as École de formation d’instituteurs William Ponty. It is associated with t ...

, where they studied a year of basic sciences before joining the medical school. There was a four-year program in medicine and three-year programs in

pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...

midwifery Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. In many cou ...

and veterinary studies. The veterinary students completed their programs in

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. In 1906

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, the governor general of French West Africa, established the ''Aides médecins indigènes'', a corps of indigenous medical aides who had completed a French

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and 30 months of medical studies. In 1916 Jules Carde had founded an African school of medicine and pharmacy, which became the French West Africa School of Medicine in 1918. From 1944 the school also trained students from

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in Congo ''(École Edouard Renard de Brazzaville)'', Cameroon ''(École de santé d'Ayos)'' and Togo. By the end of 1953, the school had graduated 582 doctors, 87 pharmacists and 447 midwives.

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, former president of

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, was a graduate of the school.

School of Medicine and Pharmacy Dakar

Beginning in 1950 the school became an integral part of the French national education system and was from 1953 known as ''École préparatoire de médecine et pharmacie de Dakar''. Students would study for three years of medical education in

and complete their medical degrees in France, primarily in

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National School of Medicine and Pharmacy

In 1958, it became ''l'École nationale de médecine et pharmacie'' and from 1960 began issuing its own university degrees equivalent to those issued by France.

Notes

Bibliography

* *"L'École de médecine indigène de l'Afrique occidentale française", ''Bulletin d'Informations et de Renseignements (AOF)'', No.199, 15 Aug. 1938, pp. 303–306 *"La première école de médecine d'Afrique noire est inaugurée à Dakar", ''Bulletin d'information de l'AOF'', No. 76, 16 Nov. 1950, pp. 8–9 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecole Nationale De Medecine Et Pharmacie (Senegal) Universities in Senegal Medical and health organisations based in Senegal Education in French West Africa 1918 establishments in French West Africa Educational institutions established in 1918

History

French West Africa School of Medicine

School of Medicine and Pharmacy Dakar

National School of Medicine and Pharmacy

See also

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